Blues Mamas and Broadway Belters: Black Women, Voice, and the Musical Stage (Refiguring American Music)

Cover Contents Warming Up Note on Phonetic Transcription Acknowledgments Introduction: Citing the Vocal-Possible 1. Vocal Color in Blue: Learning the Song with Blueswomen, Shouters, and Belters 2. Beyond the Weary-Bluesy Mammy: Listening Better with Midcentury Character Divas 3. “A Little Singer on Broadway”: Exercising American Glamour with Golden-Age Starlets 4. Secrets of Vocal Health: Voice Teachers and Pop Vocal Technique Playoff Appendix: More Exercises for Voice Practice Notes Bibliography Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z